Watermill House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Miller's house and watermill.

Watermill House

WRENN ID
swift-rafter-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
Miller's house and watermill
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Watermill House is a miller's house and watermill that dates from the 17th century or earlier. It was in continuous operation until 1895 and remained in the hands of one family throughout that time. The building features a timber frame on a stuccoed sill, with roughcast walls. The mill section is covered in white weatherboarding, and the entire structure has a continuous steep thatched roof, which is hipped at the west end and half-hipped at the east end.

The two-storey building faces north and has a two-cell, lobby-entry layout with a central chimney in the eastern part. The adjoining mill consists of three narrow bays, is partially floored, and contains a wheel in the western bay, a wheel pit, and a stone floor in the middle bay, with an entrance in the eastern bay. The house has three-light flush casement windows and a central door. Inside, there are chamfered axial beams with hollow stops, and a staircase rises from the entrance lobby. The mill retains one stone and the shaft of the pit-wheel, although the mill leet is currently dry.

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